2018 / Library book / 12 pages / UK
*
Not the most magical secular introduction, but she happily followed the actions. She already liked snowmen and reindeer, the rest didn't make much of an impression.
2019 / Library book / 24 pages / UK
***
Either an authentic revisiting to Apple Tree Farm or a rebadged reprint, this was the only one of our festive reads that captured some of that spirit. We forgot to keep an eye out for the cat though, hope it was alright.
2017 / Library book / 40 pages / USA/UK
**
Overlong slog through the motions of an outdated and environmentally inappropriate Christmas activity. Nice pictures, but we got nothing out of it.
2018 / Library book / 32 pages / UK
*
She didn't have context for vigilante crime-fighting teams or Christmas tropes, so this wasn't the most engaging read at her storytime session for either of us. An empty supermarket is the most festive of settings.
2018 / Library book / 10 pages / UK
*
The only noisy book we found that day that worked. She wasn't impressed. To be fair, my own rendition was stifled by the public setting, but cartoony Santas never really did it for me either.
